Falcons Fall in Saturday Dual Meet at Miami

Saturday, November 4

Oxford, Ohio

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

215

Miami University

Photo by: Michael Nemeth

November 04, 2017 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Matthew Daley, Athletic Communicationis Assistant

MEET RESULTS (PDF)

OXFORD, Ohio -- The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team won two individual events but dropped a 215-85 decision to the Miami RedHawks on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 4). Both wins were by Falcon freshmen. Noelle Lavigne captured her first-ever victory when she won the 50 freestyle, while Sarah Hennings earned her fourth victory of the season by touching first in the 100 butterfly. The dual meet defeat drops BGSU's record to 3-2 and 0-2 against Mid-American Conference teams.

The f0 freestyle race was incredibly close. Lavigne finished in 0:24.61 and won by a margin of just one-hundredth of a second over teammate Ashleigh Franks (24.62). Miami's Ella Moynihan came in third just one-hundredth of a second behind Franks. In the 100 butterfly, Hennings touched in a personal-best time of 0:55.95. She won by 1.35 seconds over Miami's Peyton Mosbaugh.

Sophomore Talisa Lemke set a new BGSU school record for the second straight week on the diving boards. Lemke, who broke her own one-meter and three-meter records last week, once again eclipsed the one-meter mark against Miami with a score of 299.09. On the three-meter board, she posted a 321.23, just shy of the record set last week (323.70). Lemke finished second in both events to Miami redshirt senior Pei Lin, who is the three-time defending MAC champion in both events.

Overall, eight Falcons set new personal best marks during the meet. The team posted 11 top-three finishes in individual events, including two wins, six second-place finishes, and three third-place finishes. The Falcons placed second in the 400 medley relay and third in the 800 freestyle relay.

COACH SAYS...
"We faced a very strong Miami team that just came off of a meet where they took four-time defending MAC Champion Akron down to the final relay. We had some real bright spots again from our underclassmen, as we took home two wins today, both by freshmen," said BGSU head coach Matt Ense. "Noelle Lavigne won the 50 free, and Sarah Hennings won the 100 fly. Sophomore Talisa Lemke broke her own school record again on the 1meter board hitting a score of 299! We have one final dual meet this semester to execute our race plans better before our mid season meet."

PERSONAL RECORDS (** - SCHOOL RECORDS)

Maddy Andrews (100 freestyle: 0:53.54)
Jordan Andrusak (200 breaststroke: 2:25.78; 200 butterfly: 2:10.47; 400 IM: 4:35.04)
Nikki Borgerding (100 breaststroke: 1:05.18; 400 IM: 4:52.23)
Ashleigh Franks (50 freestyle: 0:24.62)
Sarah Hennings (100 butterfly: 0:55.95; 200 butterfly: 2:07.94)
Talisa Lemke (1-meter diving: 299.09 **)
Lauren Sullivan (100 backstroke: 1:00.83; 200 backstroke: 2:00.11)
Franziska Wohlert (1000 freestyle: 10:41.76)

UP NEXT
The BGSU swimming and diving team competes in their final dual meet until the end of January next weekend. The Falcons travel to East Lansing, Mich. for a competition against the Michigan State Spartans. The dual will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10 and will be held at the McCaffree Pool, which is located in the I.M. West building on the MSU campus.

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